A funnel cloud is pictured in Vicksburg, Miss.
Four tornadoes - including two rated at EF-3 by the National Weather Service - hit several small towns in East Texas, killing four people. Flooding and winds killed another five people in Arkansas, including a fire chief who was struck by a vehicle while working during the storm.
Three deaths were reported in Missouri, including a woman who drowned after rushing water swept away a car. One of two deaths in Mississippi included a 7-year-old who died by electric shock .
Two were killed in Tennessee, including a two-year-old girl struck by a soccer goal post thrown by heavy winds.